A 15-year-old Ville Platte High School football player was killed in a shooting in the city on Monday, May 4. Javion Semien died in ...

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On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for protesting segregation.

A man was fatally struck by a vehicle on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Beaumont, closing the road for more than two hours ...

Authorities said the shooting occurred around 5 p.m. on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Van Fleet Street. According to HPD, a 19-year-old was found shot near the roadway. He was pronounced deceased ...

A woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Prince George’s County. The crash happened early Friday at MLK Jr Highway and Landover Road. Police have not released details on what caused the crash.

Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith ...

Police responded to a shooting call late Thursday afternoon. It's believed the victim was shot during an altercation in a parking lot. Anyone with information can call Houston Police or Crime Stoppers ...

The suspect, Shamar Elkins, was the father of seven of the eight children who were killed Charlotte Phillipp is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...

Relatives of the children who lost their lives are seen mourning at the cemetery in Minab, Iran, on March 26, 2026. The city is home to the Shajarat al-Tayyiba Primary School, which was bombed on ...